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Supreme Court Holds Securing Injunction Justifies Award of Attorney's Fees

On November 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States held that a plaintiff in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 who secured a permanent injunction, but not nominal damages, was a "prevailing party" and thus entitled to recover attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. 1988. ...

 

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